At the Allianz Arena, after being targeted by two opponents for 20 minutes without any shooting opportunities, Lu Wenbin took the initiative to find captain Salihovic and asked his teammates not to use him as the finishing point of the attack.
The opponent's two defenders were solely focused on defending me, so it was really difficult for me to get a chance to shoot.
Even if you get a chance to shoot occasionally, you will definitely face interference from the opponent, and the chance of scoring is much lower than shooting without interference.
On the contrary, the opponent sent two people to guard him full-time, so the defense in other places would definitely be weakened, and his teammates could attack from other places and have a chance to score.
Next, Lu Wenbin began to take Oter and Demichelis for a walk outside the penalty area and on the wing, while Hoffenheim launched a fierce attack from other directions.
Salihovic, Eduardo, Ibisevic and Demba Ba bypassed Lu Wenbin and began to fully exert their offensive strength.
Bayern Munich played in a 442 formation. After Lu Wenbin tied up a defensive midfielder and a central defender, Bayern's midfield and defense were left with only 6 people.
Salihovic's four players attacked the opponent's six-man defense line, and they still got a lot of opportunities while taking the initiative in the offense.
Unfortunately, his teammates' shooting accuracy is much worse than Lu Wenbin's. This is probably why Klinsmann dared to send two people to keep a close eye on Lu Wenbin and give other Hoffenheim players more opportunities.
It was because everyone knew that Lu Wenbin was the only one in Hoffenheim who posed the greatest threat with his shooting accuracy. Even if others were given a chance to shoot, their goal rate was far behind Lu Wenbin's.
In the 27th minute, Eduardo's sudden long-range shot from outside the penalty area almost penetrated Bayern's goal.
Unfortunately, this powerful shot was finally touched by the Bayern goalkeeper Rensing with his finger and went out of the bottom line.
In the 33rd minute, Demba Ba had a close shot in the penalty area, but he missed the ball, which made people sigh.
Fortunately, after unremitting efforts, Hoffenheim finally opened the door for Bayern Munich in the 39th minute. Ibisevic received the ball with his back in the penalty area and turned around to score a goal.
However, just a few minutes later, in the 43rd minute, Bayern Munich scored a beautiful counterattack goal through Ribery's long-distance run.
The two sides ended the first half with a score of 1-1.
During the half-time break, the commentators and fans were discussing the situation in the first half.
In particular, the head coaches and players of other Bundesliga teams were impressed by Klinsmann's tactic of sending two defensive generals to guard Lu Wenbin and achieving good results.
After all, Lu Wenbin was too young and his speed was too fast, so no one paid enough attention to him before and only sent one person to guard Lu Wenbin.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin always gets a lot of opportunities to receive and shoot thanks to his excellent off-ball running and the overall assistance of his teammates, and he scores a goal in almost every game.
As of now, the winter break has not even arrived, and Lu Wenbin has already scored more than 20 Bundesliga goals, which is almost equivalent to the number of goals scored by the top scorer in some seasons with fewer goals in the entire season.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin is also far ahead in the European Golden Boot list.
It now seems that in order to curb Lu Wenbin, one person alone is not enough, and something more extreme must be done.
Bayern Munich's approach of sending two people to help defend and keep a close eye on Lu Wenbin even if loopholes appear in other places is worth learning from.
As long as Lu Wenbin is kept under close watch, Hoffenheim's threat will be greatly reduced.
Today's game gave many people a lot of inspiration.
After 15 minutes of halftime, Lu Wenbin's situation had not changed. Oter and Demichelis continued to stare at Lu Wenbin without any relaxation.
Even if Eduardo and others get more shooting opportunities, Lu Wenbin must not be allowed to receive the ball and shoot.
However, the result of the game still disappointed Bayern coach Klinsmann.
He thought that as long as he sent two people to completely freeze Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim's offensive strength would be destroyed by more than half.
Then, relying on Bayern's own offensive strength and home advantage, it should be no problem for them to win the game.
Unexpectedly, even without Lu Wenbin, other Hoffenheim players were still able to score goals.
Lu Wenbin did not score a single goal in the entire game under the close defense of Oteri and Demichelis. Even though he had several chances to shoot and three free kick opportunities, his luck was not good and he ultimately did not score a single goal.
But while Lu Wenbin was involving two Bayern defenders, other Hoffenheim players got a lot of opportunities.
Although his shooting accuracy is not as good as Lu Wenbin's, he can still score goals if he shoots more times.
Ibisevic was in great form, scoring a goal in the first half and a shot in the penalty area in the second half, completing his brace.
Bayern Munich's luxurious attacking group attacked like crazy in the second half, but their shooting accuracy was actually not much different from that of Hoffenheim's other players except Lu Wenbin, so they had to rely on some luck to score a goal.
In the end, Bayern only scored one goal in the second half through Luca Toni's shot in the penalty area.
Both sides scored one goal in the first and second half, and the game ended in a 2-2 tie.
Lu Wenbin didn't score a single goal, the team didn't win, and he didn't get any experience points in this game.
However, it cannot be considered a failure for Hoffenheim.
There are not many teams that can escape from the Allianz Arena unscathed. It is not easy for teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona to get a draw at the Allianz Arena.
It is already impressive enough that Hoffenheim was able to draw with Bayern away from home.
Bayern even sent out two defensive generals to completely freeze Lu Wenbin, but still failed to win at home and get three points, allowing Hoffenheim to escape unscathed, which can't really be called a success.
Although this game gave other teams new ideas on how to freeze Lu Wenbin, everyone also had to re-evaluate Hoffenheim as a team.
Before this game, everyone thought that Hoffenheim survived by relying on the long legs of super shooter Lu Wenbin.
Without Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim would probably still be a newly promoted team fighting for relegation.
At the beginning of the game, everyone was surprised to see Bayern sending two defensive generals to closely guard Lu Wenbin, but they thought Hoffenheim was bound to lose the game.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenbin did not score a goal in the end, but Ibisevic scored twice to help Hoffenheim escape from the Allianz Arena unscathed.
Except for Lu Wenbin, the strength shown by Hoffenheim's other players is not much worse than that of Bayern Munich.
This is quite surprising.
The strength of players such as Eduardo, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Demba Ba, Gustavo and others has been widely recognized by the media and fans.
Hoffenheim was able to secure the Bundesliga half-season championship two rounds in advance, and it was not just relying on Lu Wenbin as everyone thought!